The series marks a creative collaboration between Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and former Boardwalk Empire and The Sopranos writer Terence Winter.

It is being viewed as another of HBO’s prestige projects that could well become a major awards contender.

Cannavale last worked with Winter on Boardwalk Empire, during which he appeared as the main villain in the show’s third season. He went onto win an Emmy for his performance.

The Vinyl renewal comes as HBO prepares to say goodbye to critical darling The Leftovers.

There is no word yet on a possible third season of True Detective, while big-budget re-imagining Westworld is now on a temporary production hiatus and mini-event series Lewis and Clark has gone back to the drawing board.

The cabler does, however, have Game of Thrones about to return in April.